Robots.txt AI crawler checker
Robots.txt AI Crawler Checker
Review whether robots.txt rules accidentally block AI discovery for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, OAI-SearchBot, Google-Extended, and other relevant crawler tokens.
What this page helps you check
- Whether robots.txt exists and returns a crawlable status code.
- Whether broad Disallow rules block AI crawlers from useful public pages.
- Whether sitemap.xml is declared in robots.txt or available at the root.
- Whether LLMs.txt and LLMs-full.txt complement robots.txt access rules.
Readiness signals
robots.txtDisallow rulesSitemap directiveGPTBotClaudeBotPerplexityBotGoogle-Extended
These are technical and content-readiness signals. They do not guarantee rankings, AI Overview inclusion, ChatGPT citations, or revenue, but they make the page easier for search and answer systems to parse.
What the full report adds
- Clear crawler access findings with blocked, allowed, or unknown status.
- Fix priorities for robots.txt, sitemap, and AI-readable site files.
- AEO recommendations that connect crawl access to content readiness.
- Downloadable report after the full AEO audit.